ADVANCED CARDIOVASCULAR LIFE
SUPPORT (ACLS) FINAL EXAM ALL 50
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q1: Your patient in the emergency department is having a cardiopulmonary emergency
and is unconscious. You should:
Perform the BLS Assessment first
Perform the ACLS Assessment first
Perform the assessments simultaneously
You do not need to perform either assessment
Q2: Your patient has a pulse and agonal respirations. Which of the following statements
about rescue breathing is accurate?
Should not be delivered until the patient stops breathing
Should be delivered at the rate of 1 breath every 10 seconds
Should be delivered at the rate of 10 breaths per minute
Should be delivered at the rate of 16 breaths per minute
Q3: You are doing CPR on a patient with pulseless ventricular tachycardia. You should
check for a pulse:
Never
After each cycle of CPR
After 2 minutes of CPR
After 10 minutes of CPR
, Q4: You are the paramedic on an ambulance transporting a 65-year-old female. The
patient is connected to the monitor, and you see this rhythm; she has a palpable pulse.
What is the rhythm?
Sinus bradycardia
Sinus rhythm
PEA
2nd-degree heart block
Q5: The rate for compressions for an adult is:
60-80 compressions per minute (normal adult heart rate)
80-100 compressions per minute
At least 100 compressions per minute
Between 100 and 120 compressions per minute
Q6: Which drug should be avoided in patients with second-degree heart block?
Epinephrine
Amiodarone
Atropine
Dopamine
Q7: This rhythm (also called Wenckebach) is characterized by progressive prolongation
of the PR interval until a QRS complex is "dropped" and there is no contraction of the
ventricles:
SUPPORT (ACLS) FINAL EXAM ALL 50
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q1: Your patient in the emergency department is having a cardiopulmonary emergency
and is unconscious. You should:
Perform the BLS Assessment first
Perform the ACLS Assessment first
Perform the assessments simultaneously
You do not need to perform either assessment
Q2: Your patient has a pulse and agonal respirations. Which of the following statements
about rescue breathing is accurate?
Should not be delivered until the patient stops breathing
Should be delivered at the rate of 1 breath every 10 seconds
Should be delivered at the rate of 10 breaths per minute
Should be delivered at the rate of 16 breaths per minute
Q3: You are doing CPR on a patient with pulseless ventricular tachycardia. You should
check for a pulse:
Never
After each cycle of CPR
After 2 minutes of CPR
After 10 minutes of CPR
, Q4: You are the paramedic on an ambulance transporting a 65-year-old female. The
patient is connected to the monitor, and you see this rhythm; she has a palpable pulse.
What is the rhythm?
Sinus bradycardia
Sinus rhythm
PEA
2nd-degree heart block
Q5: The rate for compressions for an adult is:
60-80 compressions per minute (normal adult heart rate)
80-100 compressions per minute
At least 100 compressions per minute
Between 100 and 120 compressions per minute
Q6: Which drug should be avoided in patients with second-degree heart block?
Epinephrine
Amiodarone
Atropine
Dopamine
Q7: This rhythm (also called Wenckebach) is characterized by progressive prolongation
of the PR interval until a QRS complex is "dropped" and there is no contraction of the
ventricles:
